Depends who was ruined. If the execs all got out with a bunch of dough, who cares what was left behind. Happens every day in small and mid-sized companies. Sure, it happens in the larger outfits, but those organizations are large enough to recover the antics of any one or small group of people. The smaller outfits are usually an extension of the management team's personal bank accounts (if you are lucky) an/or their personal egos (if you are not).

You are actually looking at Playboy as a business that should and could make a profit and one and all would benefit. That is, all boats float higher when the tide rises. Altruistic and admirable, but that is not what your fellow man actually does when founding and running a company. Egos take over. Greed sets in.

I happen to like the view of what a corporation should be that you appear to have. It is the correct and proper view any business owner / executive should have. Unfortunately, it usually aint that way.

Summed up, Playboy is a dairy cow that gets emptied regularly.